"Lisa, you can't awaken your bloodline."
When the always peaceful elder in the village said these words in a calm tone, the girl felt confused and invaded her heart. She held her hands tightly in front of her chest and clasped her fingers. Because of her nervousness, she glanced around subconsciously. In the spacious memorial hall, all the boys and girls of the right age in the village looked at her with complicated eyes, including regret, doubt, nervousness, and disdain.
"Your bloodline is pure, but it has fallen into silence and cannot awaken the power of inheritance."
The great elder, who had white hair and beard, and even his horns were green, said this in a slightly cold tone, and sighed softly: "Step back, Lisa, next."
Subconsciously obeying the elder's words, the girl walked down the testing stone platform in the center of the sacrificial hall in a daze. Because she was in a daze, she even almost fell, but no one stepped forward to help the staggering girl. After returning to the seats around the altar, scattered voices came from around her again.
"Hmph, you had such an arrogant and disgusting smile before the test, but now it's not a failure?"
"Can't Lisa do the same? Her bloodline should be the purest..."
"What's the use of being pure? If you can't awaken, you will always be an ordinary dragon."
"The demon hunting team originally had high hopes for her. With Lisa's bloodline concentration, if she awakens, she will definitely become the main force in dealing with those monsters... Oh, why is this?"
"Maybe it's because I'm not favored by the gods."
Lisa didn't hear the words of the people around her at all. The intense sense of loss invaded her heart, making the originally confident girl lose her mind. She murmured to herself in a low voice: "How could this happen..."
Just ten minutes ago, she thought that she would naturally awaken her bloodline and become a 'pure-blood' that had not appeared in dozens of surrounding villages in the past ten years, and then become an important fighting force and pillar in the village. To share the pressure with his father, who is the captain of the demon hunting team. She also imagined that in the future she might be able to grow into a powerful hunter who could go deep into the Desert of Gods, find the monster that killed her mother, and avenge her mother.
But now, all illusions about the future are gone. Unable to awaken the bloodline, one will remain an ordinary person all his life. Let alone become a hunter to hunt monsters. There are dangers in daily life - in the huge Colonos Mountains, there are countless dangerous monsters. If it were not for the Dragonite Demon Hunting Team, If they clean up the monsters in the mountains again and try to create a safe zone around the village, ordinary dragon people will take huge risks even if they farm.
During the period when the girl was absent-minded, one after another, boys and girls with double horns on their heads and tails behind them went to the testing stone platform in the center of the sacrificial hall. They cut their fingers and dripped blood into the hands of the white-haired elder. The gem he was dragging was originally as blue as the sky, but when it came into contact with the blood of those boys and girls, it would transform into different shades of blue, red and electric arcs.
The darker the color, the thicker the arc surrounding the gem, and the greater the relief and joy in the Great Elder's eyes, which means that the concentration and awakening of the bloodline may be higher.
Lisa looked at this scene blankly. When she tested it, the color of the test gem even turned into a deep purple that was almost black. This meant that she was a pure-blooded person who could not be found among a hundred thousand people. She had the closest thing to The bloodline of her ancestors, but at the same time, the gem did not flash any arc, which meant that although her bloodline was pure, it was unlikely that she would discover this power in this life. There is no doubt that this is a big joke.
Before puberty, only the blood concentration can be tested. Only after puberty begins and the child has the ability to have children - that is, has enough vitality - can one test whether this power can be awakened. Each village gathers young girls and boys of appropriate age every spring to test their aptitudes. The losers retire, and those who meet the requirements will be kept in the sacrificial hall to undergo an expensive awakening ceremony, allowing them to become powerful hunters. .
Lisa's parents were both hunters, and they were the most powerful hunters in the village. However, when she was eight years old, her mother was killed by a monster from the God's Desert during an outing. Lisa has been subject to everyone's expectations since she was born, and she has been working hard to hone her strength, striving to make herself worthy of this expectation and have the power to avenge her mother.
In addition, the girl also has a great dream: she wants to explore the entire Kronos Mountains and go deep into the desert to find the source of ancient legends. She wanted to find out where the existence named 'The Sea' in the ancient books was. She wanted to know whether there was an end to the God's Desert.
But now, everything is over, whether it is expectation or revenge, dream or future, it is all over. Without power, everything is empty talk.
After the test was over, all the boys and girls who did not meet the requirements left the festival hall, leaving only those who met the requirements. Lisa walked home slowly, her heart full of unwillingness and pain.
"Am I really unable to wake up..."
Returning home to a small house made of polished logs and bluestone, the girl sat on the edge of her bed and then lay on the bed. Her thoughts gradually became empty.
In the huge Colonos Mountains, there are countless dragon-like villages and cities. Millions of dragon-like creatures with double horns and tails, and some even have wings, are the only mountain range with life surrounded by desert. Life. Due to the complex and changeable geographical structure, every dragon-people gathering place is divided by forests, mountains, cliffs and rift valleys. There are hundreds of times the number of dragon-people and different types of monsters also inhabit these mountains. The bloody race wars have been going on for hundreds of years.
There is rainfall, snowfall, plants and animals in the mountains, rivers flow in the valleys, and the fragrance of grass and trees is in the wind, but outside the mountains, there is an endless 'desert of the gods'. No one has ever been able to explore the end of the desert, and no one knows what kind of existence lives in the desert. The Kronos Mountains are like an isolated island in the sea of sand. Only the island has traces of life, and there is no trace of anything else. Vibrant grit.
According to the ancient legends of the dragon people, the world was not originally what it is today. In the long past, the entire world was covered with grass and trees, rivers rushed between plains and canyons, countless races thrived on this continent, and the dragon people's civilization prospered. But one day, a sudden disaster struck. On the day the sun disappeared, fire and darkness fell from the sky, destroying all the countries on the earth. And just when the world was on the verge of doom, a huge dragon god appeared from the sky. It controls the thunder and defeats the darkness that pervades the entire world.
The war between the Dragon God and the Doomsday lasted for a hundred days and nights. In the end, God won, but He was also seriously injured. Facing the world that turned into a desert, the Dragon God couldn't bear it, so he created the Kronos Mountains and brought them to the world. This last paradise was given to the dragon people, but the lingering power of the doomsday is still there, and its power turns into a monster, vowing to destroy all living things.
In order to resist monsters, the ancestors of the dragon people used the power of God to transform themselves into dragon people with two horns and tails, and established the original gathering place. Some of their descendants also inherited this power, that is, The being who is now called a demon hunter.
"Demon Hunter...Dragon God..."
Lisa repeated the two words softly. Just a few days ago, all the dragon people gathering places observed the abnormal and exaggerated thunder in the deepest part of the God's Desert. Countless thunder pillars that seemed to be able to tear the sky fell from the top of the sky. They were black and bigger than the mountains. The sandstorm set off strong winds that could be clearly felt in the Kronos Mountains, and in the center of the sandstorm, a silver dragon shadow could be vaguely seen.
Rumor has it that that is the form of the Dragon God. The god of salvation has awakened from his long sleep. This should have been news that everyone was happy and excited about, but at this time Lisa did not feel the slightest bit happy. She was still immersed in I cannot extricate myself from the fact that I cannot awaken.
“Boom, boom!!!!”
Suddenly, the girl heard a violent roar in the sky. She was frightened and jumped up from the bed like a spring. She swallowed. Lisa immediately ran to the window, and she saw a meteorite. Burning white flames drew an arc from the sky and fell rapidly!
An instant later, before Lisa could even react to what was going on, the meteorite had landed neatly on a mountain ridge near the village. The violent vibrations shook the entire village, and the girl also felt that her home was shaking. The roof beams also made an unsettling creaking sound, which immediately frightened the girl and rushed out the door.
Outside the house, Lisa could see that the entire village was similar. Everyone was frightened by this sudden alien object. There were several houses on the edge of the village that did not seem to be very well made and even collapsed, that is, the dragon skin was rough. The people who were pinned down climbed out on their own. Amidst the panicked discussions, Lisa had no time to care about the safety of her compatriots. At this time, she didn't know why, but her heart suddenly pounded. jumped up.
"That thing..."
Lisa forced herself to calm down. She didn't know what happened just now. When she saw the strange white meteorite, she suddenly felt hot all over her body. She felt like she was being radiated by strong sunlight. It seemed that it was because of The impact of that heat made the silent blood in her body seem to beat, causing a trace of electric arc to flash between her fingers!
That white meteorite seems to be able to unlock her dormant bloodline? !
"The village will definitely send a demon hunting team to observe the situation... But no matter what, I will never be exposed to that kind of thing if I am not a demon hunter, even if my father is the team leader."
I don’t know if this is an illusion, but at this time Lisa is unwilling to give up every possibility - she doesn’t want to be an ordinary person and live her whole life huddled in a mountain village! She wants to become the most powerful demon hunter in the world, she wants to explore the world, she wants to see the sea and find the end of God's Desert!
"I don't want to live in the village for the rest of my life just like the fish in the fish tank!"
Reckless, desperate, crazy—or to put it another way, courage. Countless emotions filled her mind. At this time, the dragon girl Lisa had made up her mind. She did not believe in what others had given her. She wanted to decide her own destiny. If the demon hunter team would not take her, then she would leave the village by herself. , to look for this meteorite that might allow her to awaken her bloodline!
She did what she thought of. Without any hesitation, the girl immediately quietly followed the path and slipped out of the village while everyone was still panicking. All the dragon people are soldiers, and most of their daily clothes are in the protective colors of the forest. Even the dragon people who have not successfully awakened received basic training when they were young, and the village is surrounded by a safe zone without monsters, so Lisa is very happy all the way. Smooth, basically no obstacles encountered.
But because she was too young, not familiar with the path, and had to avoid the route of the village's demon hunting team, when she hurried to the place where the meteorite fell, the village's demon hunting team had already arrived at the meteorite. The place where it fell.
The meteorite fell on a treeless hill, and the scorching heat spread to all directions, distorting large areas of air. Panting, Lisa hid behind a giant tree in despair, watching helplessly. Her father, a tall unicorn with a steely face, directed the demon hunting team to carry the huge white meteorite debris in batches. These stones falling from the sky generally contain very rare and strong metals that can be used to forge the best weapons and tools. There are more than one dragon village around. Before the demon hunting teams from other villages arrived, they The largest and most useful part of the meteorite will be removed as much as possible.
"Damn it, it's too fast, it doesn't give anyone a chance!"
Although she is unwilling to do so, this is the limit of what Lisa can do. After all, she is just a fourteen-year-old girl who has not yet awakened and wants to surpass the elite demon hunters who have been training for more than ten years in terms of foot strength. , I really think too much. After seeing the demon hunter team move away most of the white meteorites, Lisa originally wanted to return to the village quickly. Since there was no chance, she would not take risks for the time being. She planned to see if she could find an opportunity to contact those meteorites in the village in the future. Although the hope for white meteorites is slim, it is not impossible.
However, just as the girl watched the demon hunting team carrying the meteorite leave in a hurry without checking the surroundings and disappearing into the jungle, she suddenly discovered something important - the strange feeling that made her whole body feel hot, as if it could awaken her blood immediately. The radiation doesn't seem to have disappeared, it's still where the meteorite fell!
"Could it be?!"
Lisa held her breath when she thought of this possibility: Could it be that the demon hunting team did not remove the part of the meteorite that could promote the awakening of her bloodline? That's right. All the members of the Demon Hunting Team are people who have successfully awakened. How could they be like me, losers who cannot awaken
Thinking of this, the girl has no plans to hide anymore. The village's demon hunting team has left, and neither the human villages nor the monsters in the forest have arrived. This is her best chance! As soon as she thought of it, Lisa jumped out from behind the tree where she was hiding, and then ran towards the crater - not caring about the hot breath pouring into her lungs, Lisa ran with all her strength and climbed up in just ten seconds. Climb to the top of the hill and come to the edge of the crater.
This is a huge crater about ten meters long, but it is surprisingly shallow. Although the meteorite was powerful and the earthquake was scary, it did not seem to have done much damage to the hills. At the bottom of the crater is black-red magma that has begun to cool, and a battered white meteorite is located in the center of the crater, releasing a fiery breath.
Most of it has been moved away by the demon hunting team, leaving only the broken scraps and a small part of the shell with relatively low use value. But even so, it can be seen that the texture of the meteorite is extraordinary - it is not so much stone as it is steel. , and it was still steel that was compressed, condensed, and purified thousands of times by some great force. Just by looking at it, Lisa felt that a weapon made of this material must be indestructible... If it were a big sword... Better!
However, the girl's attention was not attracted by the meteorite. In fact, she only had time to look at the meteorite before her eyes moved away involuntarily.
Because, there was a slowly squirming mass, like a mass of white jelly, that happened to crawl right in front of her eyes.
"Aren't they all gone? Why are there still people?! Where does this human village girl come from? No, why does she have horns?!"
A certain big demon who was seriously injured and whose body was completely destroyed let out a cry of surprise.
"Oh my God, this... what kind of monster is this!"
A certain dragon girl whose bloodline was silent and who was trying to take risks for the future let out another exclamation.
Almost all its power was lost, leaving only a ball of the purest flames that had been condensed into a shape similar to the Abyss Flame Slime. The Great Balrog Syndicate was thinking calmly. It looked at the man in front of it with long black hair and two cyan dragon horns. , the draconian girl was trembling and groping for stones on the ground, preparing to smash herself out of the aftermath of the disaster. In order to survive, the Balrog's mind was thinking a thousand times, and he subconsciously flashed past the figure of a certain black warrior. After a brief but most sincere prayer, a sudden inspiration flashed in Syndicate's mind. The great devil directly connected his spirit with the other party, and said in the most solemn, majestic and inciting tone in his life:
"Girl - do you have any wishes that you want to fulfill?"
"Eh?" Lisa was stunned for a moment and stopped preparing to smash the stone in her hand.
—Mycroft Continent, Northland, Joshua, who had finished talking to Eagle, was suddenly startled.
"What's wrong, Joshua?"
The old pope who had just said goodbye asked casually after seeing the soldier's dazed expression. After hearing the other party's question, Joshua shrugged and said with some confusion: "It seems... a prayer?"
It must be an illusion, he thought.
After all, there should be no demons who can pray in this world, right
I finished writing it in the afternoon... but I forgot to post it when I went to sleep. It's so embarrassing...
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